Dao**
#9,954 most common boys' name of all time · #25,150 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1980–2018 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#9,954
Rank overall
#25,150 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
23 of 146
All-time
282
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1991 #3,775
Best rank
#2,909 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Dao first appears in 1980. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,680 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,648 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,956 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #8,999 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,698 |
| 1998 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,296 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,570 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,505 |
| 1994 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #6,190 |
| 1993 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #5,639 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,527 |
| 1991 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #3,775 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,899 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,241 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,241 |
| 1987 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #3,938 |
| 1986 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #3,259 |
| 1985 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,686 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,197 |
| 1983 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #4,226 |
| 1981 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #6,160 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | — |